Riding-skirt.



PATENTED JULY 28, 1903;

M. TAUBER. RIDING SKIRT.

APPLICATION FILED MAB. 3; 1903.

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No. 734,775. PATENTED JULY 28, 1903..

M. TAUBER.

RIDING SKIRT.

APPLIUATION FILED mm. a, 1903.

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Patented July 28,1903.

PAT NT FFICE.

MAURICE TAUBER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

RIDING-SKIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,77 5, dated July28, 1903.

Application filed March 3, 1903.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, MAURICE TAUBER, a citizen of the United States,residing in New York,borough of Manhattan,and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Ladies Riding-Skirts, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved riding-skirt for ladies use inwhich the skirt is made in two sectionsa front and a back section-thatare connected by a safetystrip, so that the lady can in case of dangeror accident readily separate the sections and jump from the saddle andpommel without being liable to catch by the skirt on the pommel, and theskirt can afterward be closed again for walking after the danger ispassed; and for and eyes and stitched .to the sections at the frontmeeting edges at the front of the skirt, said tearable' strip anddetachable hooks and eyes being continued along the slit arranged in theback section where the pommel passes through the openings in the backsection, as

will be fully described hereinafter and fin ally pointed out in theclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 7 represents a perspective viewshowing a lady on horseback wearing my improved riding,- skirt. Fig. 2shows the front and back sections of a riding-skirt out according to myimprovement. Fig. 3 is a side view of a skirt detached. Fig. 4 is adetail perspective view of the safety-strip as attached to the inside-Serial lilo. 145,952. (No model.)

an easily-tearable strip of cloth that is stitched under the front seambelow the front edges of the front and back sections of the skirt, whichare not connected, as heretofore, by a seam, but which are arrangedabutting each other at the front of the skirt, as shown in Figs. 4 and5. To the under side of the tearable safety-strip D are applied at thepoints 1, 2, 3, l, and 5 safety-hooks d and eyes [1, preferably two ateach of the points i mentioned, as shown in Figs. 4, 5, and 6. The

safety-hook dis made so that it is resilient enough to readily releaseits eye (7. when the safety-strip is torn apart and that it willpermitrehooking in the eye dwhen it is desired to effect a temporary closingof the skirt along Q the front edge of the same. i

In case of danger of accident the lady rider tears the safety-strip D bytaking hold either at the upper or lower end of the skirt at the pointsmarked by arrows in Figs. 1 and 8 5 3 and tears it either from the upperend downward or from the lower end upward, as most convenient,separating thereby the front section A from the back section B simultaneously with the separating of the double 9o hooks and eyes, so that theentire riding-skirt isopen at the front and permits the ready jumpingoff of the lady from the saddle and clearing of the skirt fromthe-pommel without being caught by the same. ing of the skirt at thefront so as to divide it into separate sections prevents in many casesan accident arising from the catching of the skirt on the pommel and theconsequent injury of the rider, owing to the impos- 10o sibility ofjumping freely from the saddle.

After the danger is passed the riding-skirt The back 55 The skirt so fardescribed is the well- 60 Thisquick partmel, jump off the saddle, andprevent thereby is closed again in front by the hooks d and eyes 01, sothat the rider can Walk home with a closed skirt in the usual manner.

My improved safety riding-skirt is cut in the same manner as an ordinaryriding-skirt, so that the front section is longer in front than at theback for covering the feet in riding. When walking, the skirt is takenup by gathering the front part and holding it as in the presentriding-skirts.

After an accident the front and back sections, with the torn-apartsafety-strip, are connected by the hooks and eyes. A newstrip, which iskept in reserve, is stitched to the front seam of the front and backsections, so as to permit again the use of the skirt with the safetyattachment. The safety attachment maybe applied to the skirt by thehabitmaker. By the improved safety attachment many accidents whichheretofore turned out dangerous to life and limb can be effectivelyprevented, as the lady can easily separate the skirt,liberate herselffrom the saddle and pom.-

the catching of the skirt on the pommel and avoid the accidentsconsequent thereto.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A safety riding-skirt for ladies use, consisting of afront and a back section connected at their rear edges and having theirfront edges detachably connected at the front of

